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 <u>'''Notes on the adoption of the Constitution</u>''':<br>
 • Articles I through VII are the original Constitution as adopted by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 on '''{{#tip-text:September 15, 1787|known as "Constitution Day"}}'''<br>
-• The original Constitution structured the Federal government
+• The original Constitution structured the Federal government<br>
 • Its text and plain meaning is modified by "amendments" and its interpretation is modified via '''{{#tip-text:"judicial review"|judicial review
 * = the power of the courts to "interpret" the meaning and purpose of the Constitution
-* the Constitution provides no such power to the Courts, which under "Marbury v. Madison" (1803), the Supreme Court ruled that it did have that power, including the power to strike down a law as "unconstitutional" (illegal under the interpretation of the Constitution)}}''' by the courts
+* the Constitution provides no such power to the Courts, which under "Marbury v. Madison" (1803), the Supreme Court ruled that it did have that power, including the power to strike down a law as "unconstitutional" (i.e. the law is illegal under the Constitution)}}''' by the courts<br>
 click EXPAND for notes & historical background on the adoption of the U.S. Constitution:
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